English is the language of this country. Everything is based around English. It should be made the official language once and for all......And I guarantee, if it ever goes to vote, it will resoundingly become the official language, as it should.
If you want to speak that spanish jibberish, go ahead. It's my right to not listen or recognize the crap. Just as it was my right to require all my employees to speak English only, while on the job. But then, if they didn't speak perfectly fluent English, then they were never hired in the first place.
I speak Spanish, but it is hardly jibberish. I also speak English and Cherokee. No it is not your right to require English only of all of your employees..that is a good way to get yourself sued and no longer have a business if you keep it up..why? Several others had that attitude and found out they were wrong. You can require a person know English if it is a safety need, but you cannot require that they speak English only. You clearly don't own a business or you would know better.
No, I had every right to require English only during business hours...Restaurant Kitchens are very dangerous places. Mis-communications can cause serious injuries or cost lives.....And, I needed no reason whatsover to fire anybody. Either they toed the line, or they packed. As long as they were on the clock, it was my rules.... What they did on their breaks, or lunch hours was their business. As long as they were outside the bulding, they could speak whatever jibberish they chose.
and you would be wrong...I know plenty about restaurant kitchens, my grandparents owned a restaurant in Amarillo, Texas and there is no urgent English only need there.
Here are a few cases for you to think about...and while we are discussing it, my ex husband owns a trucking business and clearly there is a dangerous situation there that involves communication...if he doesn't require English only you are going to have a very hard time arguing that your dishwasher can't talk to another dishwasher in Spanish or Chinese because it is a safety issue..there is no need to speak English to one another there and there is no impending danger from it.
Two cases recently have involved "English-only" rules. In the first case, the EEOC has reached settlement of a case involving eight Hispanic workers of Watlow Batavia, Inc., who were either disciplined or fired for speaking Spanish in the workplace. Watlow Batavia, a manufacturer, in August 1998 barred communication in languages other than English during work hours, including breaks and lunch periods. One employee was fired for saying "good morning" in Spanish to a coworker. Under the settlement, the employer will pay a total of $192,500. EEOC v. Watlow Batavia Inc., N.D. Ill., No. 99C1435, consent decree (9/1/00).
In a second case, a class-action suit was filed by the EEOC on behalf of Hispanic workers against Premier Operator Services Inc. for national origin discrimination in violation of Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. The employees were initially hired by Premier, a long-distance telephone-operator service, because of their bilingual ability.
In 1996, Premier instituted an English-only policy during employee lunch periods and breaks. Hispanic employees were fired, laid off, or replaced over the next few months following their objecting to the policy, filing of EEOC complaints, or refusing to sign a memo describing the policy. A federal magistrate judge ordered Premier to pay $710,000 in damages to 13 Hispanic employees because the company's English-only policy "constitutes disparate treatment ... based upon their national origin." EEOC v. Premier Operator Services Inc., N.D. Tex., No. 3:98-CV-198-BF (9/13/00).
